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The original was posted on /r/simracing by /u/Hummtaro on 2023-08-08 09:35:46+00:00.
Currently i'm in the progress of making my existing rig PS5 compatible without spending much money. I already modded my cheap handbrake as seen in another post.
While i'm also planning on adapting my T-LCM to my Fanatec base, i came across those old Fanatec CSR Elite load-cell pedals and decided to give them a try. They came with a lot of completely destroyed elastomers and the one new one was destroyed after just one week of use.. So i thought: My T-LCM are working fine with springs, people are swapping out the elastomers in their CSL LC and CSL Elite's for springs, so why not trying the same here?
The elastomer has a diameter of 12mm and a length of 21mm. As i don't had any clue how hard they would be, i ordered one of those cheap 12x20 die springs in every of the 5 colors. I quickly found out that all but green and brown are too soft.
The next point is that those springs don't compress very much. around 25% for the green and 20% for the brown one. That gives a pedal travel (measured at the top corner) of 18mm for the green and 15mm for the brown spring. Way to less for my taste.
So i replaced this 12x30mm steel piston that presses on the load cell with a 12x10mm steel pin from china. This way i could use 40mm springs to get double the travel!
So i ordered another pair of 20mm springs in green and brown. And some others since i thought this could also allow for the combination of two springs to get a non-linear feel but there was no combination i was happy with..
Of course the piston can be mounted using the different screw holes to get a softer feel and more travel or a harder feel and less travel, and i did also measure the required spring lengths and possible pedal travel for other holes and tried them (yes, i bought way too much springs..) but by far the best option was the second hole from bottom, so the stock mount option.. The bottom-most is way to soft, and the third from bottom gets way to stiff..
But 40mm green or brown springs are working really nice! Brown could be compared to T-LCM with red springs, and the green one is a bit softer like T-LCM with black and grey or so.
I used both for like two weeks and ended with brown for now.
So if someone still has old CSR Elite pedals and searches for a elastomer replacement, this could be worth a try.
I did also replace the clutch and throttle springs but thats not so special i think.. ๐